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MMWR articles
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Neonatal sepsis trends
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MMWR Articles

Surveillance

  • Schrag SJ, Zywicki S, Farley MM, Reingold AL, Harrision LH, Lefkowitz LB, Hadler JL, Danilla R, Cieslak PR, Schuchat A. Group B streptococcal disease in the era of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. N Engl J Med 2000; 342: 15-20.
     
  • Whitney CG, Plikaytis BD, Gozansky WS, Wenger JD, Schuchat A. Prevention practices for perinatal group B streptococcal disease: a multi-state surveillance analysis. Obstet Gynecol 1997;89:28-32.
     

     

Applied Research

  • Schrag, SJ, Zell, ER, Lynfield, R , Roome, A., Arnold, KE, Craig, AS et al. 2002. A population-based comparison of strategies to prevent early-onset group B streptococcal disease in neonates. N Engl J Med 347: 233-9.
     
  • Factor S, Levine OS, Nasser A, Potter J, Fajardo A, O’Sullivan MJ, Schuchat A. Impact of a risk-based prevention policy on neonatal group B streptococcal disease. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1998;179:1568-71.
     
  • Rosenstein N, Schuchat A. Opportunities for prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease: a multi state surveillance analysis. Obstet Gynecol 1997; 90:901-906.
     
  • Yancey MK, Schuchat A, Brown LK, Ventura VL, Markenson GR. The accuracy of late antenatal screening cultures in predicting genital group B streptococcal colonization at delivery. Obstet Gynecol 1996;88:811-815.

 

Prevention Implementation

  • Schuchat A, Roome A, Zell E, Linardos H, Zywicki S, O'Brien KL. Integrated monitoring of a new group B streptococcal disease prevention program and other perinatal infections. Mat Child Health 2002;6: 107-14.
     
  • Watt JP, Schuchat A, Erickson K, Honig JE, Gibbs R, Schulkin J. Group B streptococcal disease prevention practices of obstetrician-gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol 2001;98:7-13.
     
  • Schrag SJ, Whitney CG, Schuchat A. Neonatal group B streptococcal disease: how infection control teams can contribute to prevention efforts. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000; 21(7): 473-483.
     
  • Preventing neonatal group B streptococcal disease: the role of the clinical microbiology laboratory. Clin Microbiol Newsletter 1997; 19(15):113-116.

 

Neonatal Sepsis Trends

  • Hyde TB, Hilger TM, Reingold A, Farley MM, O'Brien KL, Schuchat A. Trends in incidence and antimicrobial resistance of early-onset sepsis: population-based surveillance in San Francisco and Atlanta. Pediatrics 2002;110(4):690-5.
     
  • Baltimore RS, Huie SM, Meek JI, Schuchat A, O'Brien KL. Early-onset neonatal sepsis in the era of group B streptococcal prevention. Pediatrics 2001;108:1094-1098.
     
  • Schuchat A, Zywicki S, Dinsmoor MJ, et al. Risk factors and opportunities for prevention of early-onset neonatal sepsis: A multicenter case-control study. Pediatrics 2000;105:21-26.

 

Reviews

  • Schuchat A. Group B streptococcus. Lancet 1999;353:51-6.
     
  • Schuchat A. Epidemiology of group B streptococcal disease in the United States: Shifting paradigms. Clin Microbiol Rev 1998;11:497-513.


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